Christmas decorating 2009

This year I had Erin, Jami, and Sarah come to help me deck the halls. I had to laugh as I noticed that we have a little OCD in the next generation as Jami had to group similar items together. Big Bert by little Bert and so on. She did the same with her Halloween candy. Kelly and I did these same types of things as children and still do as adults.

Now that our 14 foot tree has some space I need to buy a tree topper. At Jefferson Place I could not place a topper as it hit the ceiling.

Erin did a great job setting up the village all by herself. The girls seemed in fast speed trying to see who could do the most. I tried to tell them that the joy is in taking your time and doing a good safe job, they did not buy it. We had some breakage as a result but I loved having them and it made it really fun to talk to them about family traditions.

My FAVORITE thing in the new house right now is the Nativity Lynda and Neal have been giving me for years. I looked forever for the perfect set. I have a dozen different Nativity's but I wanted a special main one. Now I finally have a place to put it where we do not have to hunt for baby Jesus as Mungo and Bella would drag him off. It is from Italy and Neal made the manger for me as well. Salina helped me put white lights behind it and it makes me feel peace during the stress of moving.

Scott is in full hunting season so we don't see him much between his long work hours and hunt hunt hunt.

I need to get photos of all the finished efforts. Scott hung the different size balls of different colors on the front porch. It looks very festive and I LOVE that every single last house on my street has up decorations! It iss like I moved to my own little heaven built for Missy.